Those Harvard grads, they can keep it in order. Mitjans
chose Harvard for the following reasons: "School reputation,
executive success after graduation, method of teaching (the
Socratic method vs. traditional classroom learning) - in that
order." Favorite classes? Strategic marketing, entrepreneurial
finance, and serv­ice management. "It's no coincidence that all
three of those courses play a large role in what I do today for ADP
TotalSource."Where would she be without that MBA? "I cannot imagine being
as effective in my role without having the MBA experience. In a
service industry like ours, being able to differentiate your
company from the competition and understand what drives customer
buying behavior is critical. Harvard MBA's approach to case study
allowed me to play CEO or sen­ior executive in more than 1,200
different business scenarios, using many of the skills I use today
in my day-to-day job."Case study, right. That was no. 3 on Mitjans' list. But Socrates
didn't know every­thing. "The case-study method isn't as
effective for some of the more 'technical' courses like financial
modeling."Bottom-line recommendation for prospective MBAs. Is it worth
it? Let's be brief. "Absolutely."

DENNIS KELLER, 63
University of Chicago, '68

Current position: Chairman of the Board of Direc­tors, DeVry
Inc.The company: DeVry's nationwide network of private
universities includes the eponymous DeVry schools, as well as the
Keller Graduate School of Management, which offers MBAs. The
publicly traded company has about 49,000 students at its 69
locations and has a market cap of $1.83 billion.